Poems by the Evangelical Friends missionary, some in the form of prayers for guidance and insight into what God’s will is for her life.
Learning to Learn: The Journey of a Cross-Cultural Public Friend
Chapter from book “Walk Worthy of Your Calling.” Friend from Northwest Y.M. describes her missionary work in Bolivia, with vivid descriptions of initial culture shock and slowly getting to feel at home.
Reflections of Light: Quaker Poets of Today*
Contemporary poetry by two Friends
Open Worship
Pamphlet prepared for pastoral Friends of Reedwood Friends Church, Northwest YM, about how Friends in silent meetings stay spiritually centered with listening hearts to hear the messages of others and decide when they have received a message that needs to be shared.
In Deed and Word: Excerpts from ‘The Vocation of Witness’ in The Company of the Committed
A chapter from his book. Professor from Earlham School of Religion and Indiana YM urges us to boldly declare our Christian faith and let our lives show it.
Transforming the Visible: A Contemplative Among Activists
Canadian Friend in the UK who cannot do social action because of illness reminds us of the need to keep prayer and spiritual balance as the grounding of all of our action.
Beauty from Ashes, Strength and Joy from Sorrow
Spiritual perspectives on life and death, with references to Jesus, by a Friend from Philadelphia YM.
William Penn and the Poetry of Sorrow
An essay on grief as expressed by Penn. Written by a Friend who was chosen to become the tutor of the crown prince of Japan, the now-emperor Akihito.
Crystals and the Breath of God
Astronomer recalls with awe a spectacular natural event that happened when he was a schoolboy.
The Crone
One of the author’s series of stories about women who knew Jesus; this one fantasizes that the woman who anointed Jesus in Mark ch. 14 could also be the midwife who had delivered him in Bethlehem.
